Espanyol vs Real Madrid Predictions

• Real Madrid have won six of their last seven games against Espanyol
• Both of last season’s meetings ended in 2-0 Madrid wins
• Espanyol won one of their final ten home league matches last season

Espanyol lacking goals on their own patch

Real Madrid enter another Jose Mourinho era this weekend just when it seemed the Portuguese manager was losing his magic touch, and he will have to be at his inspirational best if his team are to take Barcelona’s title from them.

A fast start against Espanyol is essential and while their opponents have already been in league action, perhaps not too much emphasis should be placed on their opening 3-0 victory over Levante.

This is a team who won just one of their final ten home league games last season and last weekend’s victory was only the fourth occasion in 16 RCDE Stadium assignments that they scored more than once.

Madrid look likely to hold firm

Mourinho will have to manage some big egos in the Madrid dressing room but the defensive foundations are still there with Los Blancos conceding just 19 goals in as many away games last season.

They will also be hungry to fly out of the blocks just as they did last term when they won ten of their opening 11 league fixtures.

They are capable of keeping an opening clean sheet, as they did in May when two goals from Vinicius Junior did the damage.

Both meetings ended in 2-0 Madrid wins last year, which is something that should alert those looking for a correct-score interest.